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901) Farmers’ Subjective Valuation of Subsistence Crops: The Case of Traditional Maize in Mexico
Shadow prices guide farmers' resource allocations, but for subsistence farmers growing traditional crops, shadow prices may bear little relationship with market prices. The study econometrically estimates shadow prices of maize using data from a nationally representative survey of rural households in...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean
Publication year: 2008
902) Tepary Beans - Tucson, USA
Does Arizona’s Sonoran Desert hold valuable secrets that can provide needed nourishment in this region while mitigating the impacts of climate change?As climate change brings extreme heat and drought affects more areas of the world, teparies will likely become an increasingly important food resource,...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: North America
Publication year: 2021
903) In Southern and Eastern Africa, peasant agroecology is the answer to climate crises
In this video you can listen to testimonies from peasant farmers in the Southern and Eastern African regions, who rely on peasant agroecological methods to revive their soil and fight back against the climate crises. They also speak about the centrality of peasants and small-scale food producers in proposing...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2021
904) Seed security at the UN Food Systems Summit
In September 2021, the UN Secretary-General will convene a Food Systems Summit and a Pre-Summit is planned for the last week in July. In this connection, Norway has proposed the game-changing idea Putting farmers’ and indigenous peoples´ access to crop diversity first, in seed policy and practice...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Europe; Global
Publication year: 2021
905) Sweetpotato cultivation: Characteristics, constraints and preferred traits of producers and consumers in Côte d'Ivoire
Background: In an environment where the adoption of improved varieties resulting from plant breeding programs is limited, it is essential to identify end-user preferences beforehand. A participatory survey was conducted in eight localities in Korhogo and Bouaké regions (central and northern Cote d'Ivoire...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2023